Solidarity

Even though I'm a politically conservative old fogey, I confess I sympathize with the Occupy Wall Street movement, particularly as it regards excessive executive compensation. While the government has no business regulating in this area, shareholders should wake up and realize that huge salaries and bonuses (and termination packages) come at their expense. If you're paying someone $40 million a year, instead of a generous $10 million, the extra $30 million is coming off the bottom line...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two unions representing some of Telkom SA's workers said on Tuesday they would take the South African landline provider to court over possible job losses. Telkom said it planned to slash jobs from a management layer that had 2,650 posts but that it had not yet decided how much of that number it would eventually cut in an effort to slash costs and regain market share. The South Africa Communications Union (SACU) said however it...

By Christian Lowe and Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Lech Walesa, the leader of the Solidarity movement that overthrew Communist rule in Poland, said on Thursday he will attend a funeral mass for General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Communist leader who had him thrown in jail. Jaruzelski died on Sunday aged 90 and will be buried on Friday at a military cemetery in Warsaw. While in power, he declared martial law in Poland to put down a pro-democracy uprising before...

The art world firestorm surrounding David Wojnarowicz's film work "A Fire in My Belly" is now local, as a major Chicago museum has waded into the fray. The University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art will be showing "Fire" — a condensed version of which was removed from the Smithsonian Institution in late November — from Jan. 4-Feb. 6. "We certainly could have done just a quick screening right now to speak to the immediacy of the conversation, but...

FRANKFURT, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Troubles in emerging markets will be the main topic discussed by finance ministers and central bank chiefs at the G20 summit in Sydney this weekend, Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. Stock, bond and currency markets in developing countries have convulsed in recent months, hit by concerns over weaker economic growth and the winding down of stimulus in the United States. "We are seeing some problems...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Emerging markets should get their own houses in order before demanding solidarity from other nations, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. The troubles in emerging markets would be the main topic discussed by finance ministers and central bank chiefs at the G20 summit in Sydney this weekend, Schaeuble told CNBC in an interview broadcast on Friday. Stock, bond and currency markets in developing countries have convulsed in recent...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's parliament adopted laws on Friday creating a "solidarity fund" to pool state assets as the basis for an emergency bond issue and giving the government the power to impose capital controls on banks. The steps were part of a package of measures to satisfy international lenders as the island races to clinch a 10 billion euro ($13.00 billion) bailout from the European Union and avert bankruptcy. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Writing by Matt...

She's surrounded by rumors of her soccer- star husband's infidelity, but at least Victoria "Posh" Beckham can count on her Spice sisters for support. Baby, Scary and Sporty Spices have all either called with words of encouragement or sent flowers to Beckham's home, the World Entertainment News Network reports. Even Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell, who abruptly parted with the group in 1998, has pushed past tensions aside to support Posh. ---------- Edited by RedEye staff (ritaredeye@tribune.

PARIS (Reuters) - Mental strength and solidarity were the key ingredients as 10-man Paris St Germain booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-1 win against Olympiakos Piraeus on Wednesday. A draw would have been enough for Laurent Blanc's side to finish top of Group C, but they continued to push for the win after being pegged back to 1-1, despite having Marco Verratti sent off a minute into the second half. "I would have preferred to play with...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and a North Side rabbi met Sunday in a show of solidarity after packages containing explosives bound for different Jewish houses of worship in Chicago were intercepted overseas. "The fact is that while synagogues here in Chicago were targeted, the reality is that when a house of worship is under threat in this country, all houses of worship are threatened," said Anshe Emet's Rabbi Michael Siegel. "This is a time for solidarity. " The...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish statesman Tadeusz Mazowiecki, whose appointment in 1989 as the first non-communist prime minister in the Soviet bloc helped usher in democratic change across eastern Europe, died on Monday aged 86. Tributes poured in from Poland, Germany and beyond for the shy former dissident intellectual who was famously photographed making a victory sign in August 1989 after his appointment by the Soviet-backed Polish president, General...

Poland has selected Andrzej Wajda's "WaÅÄsa. Man of Hope" as the Polish candidate for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Robert WiÄckiewicz stars in the title role as the former dockworker, Solidarity founder and Polish president. The film also stars Agnieszka Grochowska as Danuta WaÅÄsa and Maria Rosaria Omaggio as Oriana Fallaci. "WaÅÄsa. Man of Hope" was produced by Akson...

PARIS (Reuters) - Mental strength and solidarity were the key ingredients as 10-man Paris St Germain booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-1 win against Olympiakos Piraeus on Wednesday. A draw would have been enough for Laurent Blanc's side to finish top of Group C, but they continued to push for the win after being pegged back to 1-1, despite having Marco Verratti sent off a minute into the second half. "I would have preferred to play with...

Confirming the status of "Walesa, Man of Hope" as one of this year's Venice-Toronto breakout sales hits, Films Boutique has closed a slew of new deals in Toronto on the latest film by Polish grand master Andrzej Wajda . Over the last few days in Toronto, Version Originale, the new distrib shingle founded by Eric Le Bot, has closed France on "Walesa. " Project London/Metrodome has taken the U.K., Esfera Filmes Brazil, and Cineplex Colombia and Latin American...

At first glance, it is hard to tell Lech Walesa is gone. The familiar round face is everywhere: on giant wall posters, in neatly framed photographs, even peering out from beneath a satin top hat on faded New Year's postcards for sale in the foyer. But Lech Walesa is gone from Solidarity national headquarters. He is president of Poland now, and the man who took his old job knows he never can take Walesa's place. "I know I am replacing a legend, but I don`t have time to think...